Toy boat and its manufacture



Jan. 18,1927,

. R- F. PEK

TOY BOAT AND ITS MANUFAGTURE Filed August 11. 1926 Patented Jan. 18,1927.

UNITED STATES 1,614,96? PATENT OFFICE.

RULAI F. PECK, or CAssoI'oLIs, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR To r12H11: PECKMILLING& COAL Co., oFCAssoIoLIs, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION 0F MICHIGAN.

TOY BOAT .AND ITS MANUFACTURE Application filed Augukstill, 1926.ASerial No.- 128,588.

This invention relates particularly to the n'ianutacture ot small toyboats, the primary object being to enable such boats to be manu'-tactured more cheaply than possible by known methods. AIn accordancewith the. present invention,

Va plurality ot' nested patterns are marked,

4 to effect the cutting of the outline ot the inv ner wall ot the hull.This procedure is 'followed in cutting the inner contour ot each hull,it being understood that a shell is cut .trom the strip each time theinner contour of a hull is formed.

Aing the outlines ot slots and curves provided in a suitable templet;Some of these curves y mark the inner contours of the boat-hulls,

and some of them mark the outer contours ot the boat-hulls.

he invention is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view" ot a templetemployed -for practicing the improved process, the templet heilig shownsuperposed upon a stock-strip (shown broken) Fig. 2, atransversesectional view of the templet; Fig. 3, a. plan view of `a plurality ofboats formed from a single stock-strip; and Fig. 4, a transverseverticalsection taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 3.

In the illustration given, A designates a stock-strip; B, a templet; andC, a plurality of nested boats Whose hulls (excepting the bottoms) areformed from a single stockstrip.

The stock-strip A may be of any desired thickness. Usually, a thicknessof about two inches is preferred. The boats in the nest C are designated1, 2,3 and 4.

The outer contour 1a ot the boat 1 corresponds with the outer contour 1aof the templet B, and the inner contour 1l of the boat 1 correspondswith the Curve 1b of the templet; the outer contour 2a of the next boatcorresponds with the curve 2a of the templet, and the inner contour 2"of "this boat corresponds with the curve 2 ot the templet, the outercontour 3a of the next boat corresponds with-the curve 3a of thetemplet, and the inner contour 3b ot this boat corresponds. with thecurve 3l? ot the templet; and the outer cont-our4 of the smallest boatcorresponds with the curve 4n oi the templet and the inner contour 4bcorresponds with the. curve 4" of the templet.

The slots which are out through the templet torm the curve-linesmentioned and are designated 5, G, 7 and 8, respectively. The walls ofthese slots outline respectively the inner and outer walls of the hulls.The stock of the templet is not cut away at the points 9, 10 and 11, butserves to unite the parts ot the templet at points corresponding withthe prows of the boats. A transverse strip 12 is secured to the templetat about its middle portion; and a vlongitudinal strip 13 is sc- .l

cured to the templet at a. point corresponding with the sterns of theboats. Thus, the parts ot' the templet are properly secured together.

The templet is applied to the upper sur- `face of the stock-strip A, anda pencil is employed to mark upon the stock-strip the outlines formed bythe curves of the templet which have been mentioned. At the points 9,10, and 11, Yand at the points where the J strips 12 and 13 close theslots of the templet, the markings of the pencil are intel" rupted. Thisconstitutes no objection, however, as it is easily possible to followthe out.- lines in effecting the sawing.

In the sawing operation, the outer surface of the outerboat 1 is irstsawed; the saw then cuts its way through the stern of the outer boat atthe line 14 and then continues and cuts the inner outline of the outerhull at the contour 1d. In this manner, the shell of the outer boat isformed. The remaining block of wood is then sawed to form the outline2a, that is, the outer wall of the next smaller boat. The operator thencauses the band-saw to cut its way through the stern (ill of the boat 2along the line 15, and the sawhulls along the lines 16 and 1f?,respectively.

Ordinarily, the stock-strip Will be mounted on a suitable to enable itto be tilted about its longitudinal axis and thus enable the band-saw toproduce the flaring-walls of the boats.

After the shells of the several boats have been formed, the strips 111,15a, etc. are secured to adjacent portions of the hulls by means ofnails 18. The bottoms 1C, 2, 3 and 4 are then nailed tothe shells of thehulls and the boats are painted. This makes the boats Water-proof andpractically covers the kerfs cut by the saw through the ends ot thehulls.

In the illustration given, the bfoats are shoivnprovided with eye-bolts19 for re.

eeiving a cord, or chain.

By the improved method, 1t is possible to saw ironia strip of Wood aplurality of boats of;successivelyA reduced sizes, by means of aband-saw, the Work being very wquickly and economically performed. Thisenables boats to be produced from a strip of material in a veryinexpensive manner. As indicated, after the boats have been painted, thejoints practically disappear and the boats are water-tight.

The dotted lines 14h-17b shown in Fig. 1

:22. indicate the positions at which the kerfs Will he cut through thesterns ot the hulls as the hulls are being formed. 1t is to beunderstood, however, that it is not necessary to cut sl-ots through thetemplet at these points.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness ofunderstanding only, and nounnecessary limitations should he understoodtherefrom.

that l regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A method of forming toy boats which comprises: marking upon astock-strip a plurality of boat-patterns of graduated sizes and arrangedone Within another; and sawing the stock-strip in accordance with apattern `to form the hulls of the several boats, the` saw entering each,hull lby cutting 1 i through anend thereof.

.contour oit said hull.

The method of toi-ming toy boats which comprises employing` a band-sawto cut from a stock-strip a plurality of successively reduced hulls, theband-saw being caused to cut its way through the end of each hull inenter-ino` to ei'ect the sawino' of the innercontour of said hull, thesaw being then employed to cut the'outer contour of the next smallerhull.

4L. A boat-hull comprising prow, stern and side-Walls in integralformation, the stern having a slot cut therethrough Which `forms acontinuation of the inner contour rline at one side of the hull.`

A boat-hull comprising prow, stern and side-walls in integral formation,the stern having a slot cut therethrough which forms a continuation ofthe inner contourl line at one side of the hull, and means securing thesevered strip adjacent said slot to the main portion of the stern.

6. The method of forming a boat-hull from a stock-strip which comprisescausing a band-saw to cuil its Way through an end of the hull and thencontinu-e the cut to form the inner contour of the hull.

7. The method of. forming a boat-hull from a stock-strip which comprisescausing a band-saw to cut its Way through an end of the hull and thencontinue the cut to form the inner, contour of the hull; and securingthe strip adjacent the slot to the adjacent portion of the hull.

8. A templet comprising a plate having an outer contour correspondingwith the outer contour of the boat and having a series of nested slots,cach slot being bounded by contour lines corresponding with the innercontour of a boat of one size and with the outer contour of a boat ofsmaller size.

RULAF F. PECK.

